Sawvi Greets The Sun

Sunrise And Anticipation

Winter Melting

Some Would Say 'Not Enough'

(from September 5th)

On a moderate whim we hit the big city to see one of Laura's newest obsessions: Too Many Zooz. Anything with a honky horn and she's already halfway there. And this may be one of the honkiest.

 What else but Indian food first. Jackson Diner. Eh. No Makhani but decent spices and beer prices.

We then did something neither of us had ever done; barhop. Spontaneity can be fun. Carroll Place, total hipster bar, with woodworked walls and Pitchfork-approved playlist. Straight liquor because we ain't got time for filler. Anywhere. Then stumbled over to the hiphop pool bar called Fat Black Pussycat. Terrific. Once again, straight Jameson. This was getting us thru the night, but our show didn't start til midnight so we needed some sustenance.  

Wine slushies and decadent cupcakes at twilight. Sweet Revenge is just that. But it hit the damn spot. 

This photo was taken at some point of the evening. 

As was this one.

And a wild concert indeed took place. There are stories, but Laura will have to tell you someday. I don't have the clearance level. We came out of the venue in the wee hours and of wee teetotalism. Luckily my friends Greg and Joseph were on their way home from a wrap party (fancy) and invited us in to sober up while they toured us thru their village apartment upgrades as of late. 

All I know from there is that by the time we were heading back to the kids, this was happening, so we decided 'what the hell' - - we are young, we are green, keep our teeth nice and clean. 

And someone had the presence of mind to prove it

It's Fall'n Quicker These Days

There's not gonna be too many more of these mornings this year...

but the winter brings busy

Same Sun, Different Crew

Okay, where were we...

 Sunrise, day two

This time we woke up the child, who put up no fight, and dragged out the grands

 Yuula loves a good sunrise, but is not crazy about cold sand

 

This was another blinding sunset for us

And quick

This will be remembered as the morning Yuula peed on a rock

and then we rode....

A Stunner At The Cape

Started off our weekend in the Cape before the sun even

Dani, Vic, Laura and I witnesses a pretty spectacular cresting, even if the sand made our toes numb

Good chance for a belly-bump photo

Here comes the sun

I snatched up the opportunity to outdo the great Ralph Macchio

And..... vacation begins

The Ride, The Reset, & The Reminder Why

So we drove at sun up...

And at sundown we were still driving. Isn't that always the way. Someday we'll have enough time to stop and enjoy all that route 81 has to offer, in the way of caverns, flea markets and religious epicenters, but for now, no sleep til Acworth. 

We did stop briefly to give Yuula her first taste of Waffle House waffles. She ate almost a whole quarter. I can't put it down there like I used to.

Friday Laura had an appointment with the inevitable Dr. Jeff. She needed her shoulder and wrist fixed and a few new allergies tended to. Here is a photo of Jeff "resetting" her allergy to wool with the receptionist/wife's boot. It worked.

Then he hand drew me this little take-home acupuncture map of therapeutic pressure points for homework I guess. I made an appointment for July.

One of our favorite antique shops was on the trail between stops so we hit it up. It is a vast space and we did not have vast amounts of time so it was a hunt on fast forward which is never a good way to do it, but we did manage to find some bowls that matched a set of dishes we bought years ago. Yeah bowls.

Then we made the silly mistake of stopping at Panera for lunch, where apparently a four person table can be taken up by one 20 year-old dressed to the hilt and checking their facebook on their ebook/ipad/applemac. The remainder of the tables were sucked up by groups of older businesspeople in their Friday casuals trying to blend in and look as hip with their blackberries/dells/actualbooks. We finally found a table in the corner where we allowed Yuula to be as loud and obnoxious as she wanted while eating. 

Then back to the Krupp house for the festivities would soon commence...

Last On Assateague

Ok this is it, final post on our Assateague vacation. We got up early Thursday morning and tore the tent down and were on the road by 5:30. Sun came up later.

I think the girls had fun. We'll be back, with larger numbers.

The Morning The Water Was Warm

The first morning we woke up in Assateague was the roughest. It was a late night and for some reason we still woke up at 6am. I set out to make some pancakes only to realize I had no flipping implement, so cereal it was. I did make myself a hot apple pie tho...

The morning was calm, as mostly we set up our site and unloaded the rest of the car.

We decided since it was still so early and the water was probably cold to hop back into the tent for an early morning nap. It didn't really work.

We decided just to take a walk out onto the beach to check out the white sands and test the waters.

We weren't in our swimsuits but it didn't really stop us from hopping into the ocean after we felt how warm the water actually was.

A friendly beach walker offered to snap a family shot.

My turn to tame the wild beast.

There's no stopping her apparently.

I gotta say that this is my new favorite beach.

Back to the campsite to decompress...

and it's barely 9am.